Wage Review Committee for Workers to Convene in Shahrivar

Iran's Supreme Labor Council, with representatives of the government, workers and employers, decided at the end of a meeting on the evening of Sunday, Shahrivar 1, 1405 (August 23, 2026), that a wage committee would convene later this month to review workers' pay for the second half of the year and the possibility of an adjustment given rising inflation. According to Eghtesadonline, citing ISNA, Asad Salehi, the workers' representative on the council, said labor representatives raised and pursued the wage review issue under an "other matters" item on the meeting's agenda. The same session also reviewed articles 97 and 99 of labor court procedure and article 190 of the labor law.